riffel Canyon Trail - winch Cable Snaps - Photo 14

It's a long way to the top, which means if your winch cable snaps, you've got a lot of tumbling to do back down the slope. Brian's Jeep boasts a locked and narrowed 14-bolt rearend, a CTM and Warn-fortified Dana 44 frontend (also locked), a high-steer steering linkage, an SM 465 tranny with a granny-Lo First gear, flexy Alcan leaf springs, and 39-inch Mickey Thompson Baja Claws, and it still wasn't going to make this climb without a winch. Bring a winch.